Biografi/ Biography :
Professor Dr. Cheah Fook Choe was previously the Head of Department of Paediatrics (2019-2022) of the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Medical Centre-Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz in Kuala Lumpur. He has been the consultant at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of UKM, for more than 10 years. He was also the director of this unit from 2009 before going away for a research sabbatical in 2014 at the USA and New Zealand. Prof. Cheah completed specialty training in general paediatrics and was awarded Masters in Medicine (Paeds) by UKM in 1997. His neonatology subspecialty training commenced in 1997 in the Mater Mothers’ Hospital in Brisbane, Australia and subsequently in the Maternity Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From 2000-2003, he was the Neonatal Fellow in the Christchurch Women’s Hospital, New Zealand, completing advanced neonatal paediatrics training while pursuing a PhD degree during that period. This successfully culminated in him receiving PhD (Otago) and the FRACP in 2003. He further received postdoctoral research experience as a visiting scientist in pulmonary and perinatal biology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA between 2006 and 2008. Prof. Cheah is an accredited trainer in neonatology, and has trained many postgraduate trainees and neonatal fellows, both local and international, especially from Indonesia. He is currently the Chief of the Joint Programme in Paediatric Specialty training for Malaysia. Recently, he was appointed to the Neonatology Subspecialty Subcommittee on Medical Education of the Malaysian Medical Council. He is also examiner for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK, the Malaysian Conjoined Board Examinations in Paediatrics, and had been external examiner in paediatrics for the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. FC Cheah is currently the Professor of Paediatrics (Neonatology) and senior consultant neonatologist at the National University of Malaysia [Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)] Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He has been the consultant at the NeonataI Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of UKM, for more than 10 years, and was the Head of the unit from 2009-2014, before a research sabbatical in the USA and New Zealand. Prof. Cheah completed specialty training in general paediatrics in 1997 and was awarded the Masters in Medicine (Paediatrics) by the UKM. During this period, he also obtained professional qualifying diplomas in paediatrics from the Royal Colleges of Physicians of UK and Ireland. His neonatology subspecialty training commenced in 1997 in the Mater Mothers’ Hospital in Brisbane, Australia and subsequently in the Maternity Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From 2000-2003, he was the Neonatal Fellow in the Christchurch Women’s Hospital, New Zealand, where he pursued his PhD studies and neonatal paediatrics fellowship training, mentored by Profs Christine Winterbourn and Brian Darlow, successfully culminating in PhD (Otago) and the FRACP in 2003. He received further postdoctoral research experience as a visiting scientist, mentored by Profs. Alan Jobe and Suhas Kallapur at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA between 2006 and 2008. Prof. Cheah is an active researcher with various clinical and translational research grants, including collaborative trials with international centres and have published more than 70 papers that are well-cited. He is also an accredited trainer in neonatology in Malaysia and the Programme Director for Neonatology sub-Specialty training for UKM. He is examiner for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK and the Malaysian Conjoined Board Examinations in the Paediatric Specialty. Prof. Cheah is a fellow of both the Academy of Science (FASc), as well as Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (FAMM), and Vice-President of the College of Paediatrics, Academ
chuo sk, tan jk, cheah fc. (2025). the role of metabolomics in assessing the nutritional intervention in preterm infant feeding: a scoping review. - medicine and health. 66 - 90.
cheah fook choe. (2025). use of metabolomics in neonatal nutrition – examples from cases. - 31st regional congress of the perinatal society of malaysia. .
cheah fook choe, lim pei shan. (2025). delayed umbilical cord clamping at birth - an educational video presentation. - . .
jia ming low, erwin jiayuan khoo, meow keong thong, chloe soo, anh phuong tran, le ye lee and fook choe cheah. (2025). comparative analysis of the role of healthcare beliefs on childhood vaccination uptake among parents in malaysia and singapore during the covid-19 pandemic. - . 1 - 13.
low jm, khoo ej, thong mk, soo c, tran ap, lee ly and cheah fc. (2025). comparative analysis of the role of healthcare beliefs on childhood vaccination uptake among parents in malaysia and singapore during the covid-19 pandemic. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 13.
low jm, khoo ej, thong mk, soo c, tran ap, lee ly and cheah fc. (2025). comparative analysis of the role of healthcare beliefs on childhood vaccination uptake among parents in malaysia and singapore during the covid-19 pandemic. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 13.
azanna ahmad kamar, fook-choe cheah, hamizah ismail, ranjan pejaver, david alan ellwood and zaleha abdullah mahdy. (2023). editorial: saving mothers and babies for the new world. - frontiers in surgery. 1-3.
poh kuan wong, nurul nadia mohamad zamberi, saiful effendi syafruddin, fook choe cheah, norazrina azmi, jia xian law, eng wee chua. (2023). the promises and pitfalls of crispr-mediated base editing in stem cells. - crispr journal. 196-215.
beng kwang ng, joo ngor chuah, fook choe cheah, nor azlin mohamed ismail, geok chin tan, kon ken wong and pei shan lim. (2023). maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnant women with bacterial vaginosis.. - frontiers in surgery. 1-8.
pranav jani, umesh mishra, julia buchmayer, karen walker, duygu gözen, rajesh maheshwari, daphne d cruz, krista lowe, audrey wright, james marceau, mihaela culcer, archana priyadarshi, adrienne kirby, fook choe cheah et al. (2023). thermoregulation and golden hour practices in extremely preterm infants: an international survey. - pediatric research. 1701-1709.
poh kuan wong, saiful effendi syafruddin, fook choe cheah, norazrina azmi, pei yuen ng, eng wee chua. (2024). introduction of a single-nucleotide variant, rs16851030, into the adora1 gene increased cellular susceptibility to hypoxia. - personalized medicine. 353 - 366.
k k wong, k p kua, k s ooi, f c cheah. (2023). the effects of n-acetylcysteine on lung alveolar epithelial cells infected with respiratory syncytial virus. - the malaysian journal of pathology. 43-50.
farin masra, shareena ishak, fook-choe cheah. (2023). the expectant management of a rare neonatal disease: transient neonatal myasthenia gravis. - the turkish journal of pediatrics. 321-325.
mohamed afiq hidayat z, raja zahratul azma rs, darnina aj, azlin i, najiah-ajlaa a, hafiza a, norunaluwar j, alina mf, fook choe cheah, lee sim lim, nazarudin s, malisa moh y, ainoon o. (2023). evaluation of quantitative point-of-care test for measurement of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme activity in malaysia. - malaysian journal of pathology. 31-41.
aida nurul hanim rahman , alina md fauzi, raja zahratul azma raja sabudin, azlin ithnin, ainoon binti othman, cheah fook choe, wan ahmad shukri aziz. (2023). evaluation of carestart s1 analyzer biosensor quantitative assay of g6pd activity and establishment of reference range for point of care testing in diagnosis of g6pd deficiency.. - malaysian journal of pathology. 540.
low jm, khoo ej, thong mk, soo c, tran ap, lee ly and cheah fc. (2025). comparative analysis of the role of healthcare beliefs on childhood vaccination uptake among parents in malaysia and singapore during the covid-19 pandemic. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 13.
erwin jiayuan khoo, bin alwi zilfalil, meow keong thong, sin chuen yong, seok chiong chee, jimmy kok foo lee, siao hean teh, fahisham taib, fook choe cheah. (2024). obtaining assent for research involving children in malaysia: a position statement from the academy of medicine of malaysia college of paediatrics. - medical journal of malaysia. 494 - 497.
poh kuan wong, saiful effendi syafruddin, fook choe cheah, norazrina azmi, pei yuen ng, eng wee chua. (2024). introduction of a single-nucleotide variant, rs16851030, into the adora1 gene increased cellular susceptibility to hypoxia. - personalized medicine. 353 - 366.
erwin jiayuan khoo, bin alwi zilfalil, meow keong thong, sin chuen yong, seok chiong chee, jimmy kok foo lee, siao hean teh, fahisham taib, fook choe cheah. (2024). obtaining assent for research involving children in malaysia: a position statement from the academy of medicine of malaysia college of paediatrics. - medical journal of malaysia. 467 - 497.
sing kiat chuo, jen kit tan, wye leng elaine hooi, seok chiong chee, fook choe cheah . (2024). differential serum metabolomic profile in preterm infants receiving parenteral amino acid solution enriched with n-acetylated-tyrosine versus deacetylated-tyrosine . - journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice. 107 - 108.
jia ming low, erwin jiayuan khoo, meow keong thong, chloe soo, anh phuong tran, le ye lee and fook choe cheah. (2025). comparative analysis of the role of healthcare beliefs on childhood vaccination uptake among parents in malaysia and singapore during the covid-19 pandemic. - . 1 - 13.
berthold koletzko, sarah wieczorek, fook-choe cheah, magnus domellöf, johannes b. van goudoever, brenda b. poindexter, nestor vain. (2022). niveles de aporte de nutrientes recomendados para lactantes prematuros (recommended nutrient intake levels for preterm infants). - world review of nutrition and dietetics. 205-211.
fook-choe cheah, tian-lee tan. (2022). implementación práctica de la atención nutricional de calidad en lactantes prematuros en países en vías de desarrollo (practical implementation of quality nutritional care to preterm infants in develo. - world review of nutrition and dietetics. 366-383.
koletzko b, wieczorek s, cheah fc, domellöf m, van goudoever jb, poindexter bb, vain n.. (2021). recommended nutrient intake levels for preterm infants.. - world review of nutrition and dietetics. 191-197.
fook-choe cheah, tian-lee tan. (2021). practical implementation of quality nutritional care to preterm infants in developing countries. - world review of nutrition and dietetics. 340-356.
sharifa ezat wan puteh, wan kamal wan mujani, cheah fook choe, azrul azlan hamzah hamzah. (2024). projek inovasi jarum mikro tanpa sakit. - . 1.
cheah fook choe. (2023). laporan akhir cuti sabatikal profesor dr. cheah fook choe. - . 1-27.
wong yin ping;cheah fook choe;clarence ko ching huat;wong kon ken;lim pei shan;tan geok chin;nor haslinda binti abd aziz;muhamad fakhri bin mohd saleh;chia wai kit. (2022). evaluation of the molecular mechanisms of cytokine and growth factor signaling in human placental trophoblast cell lines when co-infected with gardnerella vaginalis. - . .
cheah fook choe, thong meow keong, zulkifli ismail, zilfalil alwi, amir hamzah latiff, patrick chan wai kiong, erwin khoo jia yuan, noran naqiah hairi. (2022). vaksinasi covid-19 untuk kanak-kanak di malaysia: kenyataan pendirian oleh kolej pediatrik, akademi perubatan malaysia. - . 1-18.
cheah fook choe, thong meow keong, zulkifli ismail, zilfalil alwi, amir hamzah latiff, patrick chan wai kiong, erwin khoo jiayuan, noran naqiah hairi. (2022). vaksinasi covid-19 untuk kanak-kanak di malaysia. - akademi perubatan malaysia. 1-3.
cheah fook choe, lim pei shan. (2025). delayed umbilical cord clamping at birth - an educational video presentation. - . .
cheah fook choe. (2025). use of metabolomics in neonatal nutrition – examples from cases. - 31st regional congress of the perinatal society of malaysia. .
sing kiat chuo, jen kit tan, wye leng elaine hooi, seok chiong chee, fook choe cheah . (2024). differential serum metabolomic profile in preterm infants receiving parenteral amino acid solution enriched with n-acetylated-tyrosine versus deacetylated-tyrosine. - 1st journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice-borneo international pharmaceutical conference. .
sing kiat chuo, jen kit tan, wye leng elaine hooi, seok chiong chee, fook choe cheah . (2024). serum metabolomic profiling in newborn infants revealed distinct differences between those receiving parenteral and enteral nutrition. - 30th regional annual congress of the perinatal society of malaysia - embracing sdgs-engage, educate & empower. .
sing kiat chuo, jen kit tan, fook choe cheah. (2024). metabolomic studies of blood samples from newborn infants showed distinctly different profiles between those receiving parenteral and enteral nutrition.. - 1st congress of medicine and health 2024. .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
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| EFFECTS OF BREASTMILK FORTIFICATION ON BONE MINERALISATION, GROWTH, BODY COMPOSITION AND CARDIOVASCULAR MANIFESTATIONS AMONG PRETERM INFANTS | hospital canselor tuanku muhriz (hctm) | 97.3% (2022-10-01 sehingga 2025-09-30) |